00377

Diagnosis Code - DG1

2001-03-01
Components: <identifier (ST)> ^ <text (ST)> ^ <name of coding system (IS)> ^ <alternate identifier (ST)> ^ <alternate text (ST)> ^ <name of alternate coding system (IS)>

Definition: Use this field instead of DG1-2 - diagnosis coding method and DG1-4 - diagnosis description. (Those two fields have been retained for backward compatibility only.) DG1-3 - diagnosis code DG1 contains the diagnosis code assigned to this diagnosis. Refer to User-defined Table 0051 - Diagnosis code for suggested values. This field is a CE data type for compatibility with clinical and ancillary systems.

Length≤250
0051Diagnosis code
6 components
1Oidentifier (ST)
2O-text
3O-name of coding system
4O-alternate identifier (ST)
5O-alternate text
6O-name of alternate coding system